Delivering the Message

TV and film were
in the spotlight at the 76th Golden Globes Sunday. Several ladies stole the show (including the
Fiji water woman) with Carol Burnett, Sandra Oh, Regina Kina and Glenn
Close all delivering powerful messages.

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Let’s take a
look at who delivered on the field…

Here are three things you need to
know:

1) The NFL Playoffs are rolling ahead to the second round and Philly fans can’t stop smiling

2) Clemson is college football’s
National Champion for the second time in three years

3) Midway through the NBA season
the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets continue to surprise

National Football League (NFL)

The NFL playoffs kicked off this
weekend with four Wildcard round games.

Ever heard the phrase “football
is a game of inches?” Philadelphia and
Chicago fans couldn’t agree more. Sunday
the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles traveled to the Windy City to
take on the Chicago Bears and it all came down to a field goal with just
seconds remaining. The Bears’ Cody
Parkey’s 43-yard attempt hit the side bar and then the crossbar, and
finally bounced out sealing a 16-15 Eagles win.

Source: NJ.com

The miss devastated Bears fans
and sent Eagles faithful into a frenzy.
Yuengling and cheesesteaks all around!

Sunday’s early game saw the Los
Angeles Chargers travel across the country and hold off a late rally to
beat the Baltimore Ravens.

Saturday the state of Texas was
in the spotlight. The Houston Texans
lost at home to the Indianapolis Colts but the Dallas Cowboys saved
Lone Star state pride by edging the Seattle Seahawks 24-22.

Pass the wings…waiting patiently
are the top two teams in each conference (New Orleans Saints and Los
Angeles Rams in the NFC and Kansas City Chiefs and New England
Patriots in the AFC), who all earned a week off.

Get your popcorn ready for next
week’s playoff games:

Indianapolis Colts @ Kansas City
Chiefs, Saturday @ 4:35pm ET

Dallas Cowboys @ Los Angeles
Rams, Saturday @ 8:15pm ET

Los Angeles Chargers @ New
England Patriots, Sunday @ 1:05pm ET

Philadelphia Eagles @ New Orleans
Saints, Sunday @ 4:40pm ET

College Football

Seen this
movie before? When the title game matchup
of #1 Alabama and #2 Clemson was set last week, college football
fans were channeling their inner New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra who
famously said: “It’s like Deja-Vu all over again.” Why?
The teams met three straight years in the college football playoffs with
Alabama taking home two national championships and Clemson one.

Source: NCAA.com

Young and
talented…Clemson dominated Alabama to win Monday night’s battle in California 44-16
and secure its second national title in the last three years. Impressively, Clemson prevailed despite
losing three players to NCAA suspension.
The Tigers were led by a couple true freshman with great storylines:
quarterback Trevor Lawrence (347 passing yards, 3 TDs) and wide receiver
Justyn Ross (153 receiving yards, 1 TD).

Clemson
coach Dabo Swinney now looks like a genius after benching his senior
starting quarterback Kelly Bryant (who subsequently transferred to Missouri)
in favor of Lawrence at the beginning of the season. Ross grew up in Alabama and was one of the new
prize recruits not to play for the hometown Crimson Tide.

Look for
these two programs to be in the mix for the national championship again next
year.

National Basketball Association (NBA)

The NBA is nearly half-way
through its regular season, and unpredictable as ever. In the East, the Milwaukee Bucks are
the surprise of the conference, led by their 6’11” mega-star and MVP candidate,
Giannis Antetokounmpo, affectionately known as the “The Greek
Freak”

Source: Clutch Points

The Denver Nuggets, a team
some expected to miss the playoffs entirely, leading the Western Conference. The Nuggets don’t have much breathing room,
though, as six teams are within four games of the top spot, including the Houston
Rockets, winners of 12 of their last 13 games.

Timing is everything. Ask Minnesota Timberwolves president
and coach Tom Thibodeau who was fired Sunday. Coaches get fired all the time, right? Yes, but the timing here was noteworthy as the
pink slip was delivered just moments after a 108-86 victory over the Los
Angeles Lakers, which put the T-Wolves at 19-21 for the season.

College Basketball

College
basketball’s shining star is 6’7” Zion Williamson. The freakishly athletic freshman
is delivering the goods leading #1 Duke averaging 19.8 points and 9.4 rebounds per game and has NBA fans drooling
at the prospect of seeing his rim rattling dunks next year as a pro.

The
top-10 had three casualties Saturday as Kansas, Nevada and Florida
State all
lost.